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Welcome to my Mental Health Blog!
Find professional and non-judgmental mental health information on topics including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, loss, self-harm, suicide, borderline personality disorder, relationships, psychotherapy, Covid-19, resilience and more.
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How to Ease those Christmas Blues…
Christmas is a time for family gatherings, pine trees with shiny decorations, tasty food, and the joys of giving. Why then can this...
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Animal-Assisted Interventions: The Power of the Human-Animal Bond
The power of the human-animal bond in improving mental health and well-being is becoming increasingly recognized. This bond is traced...
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Couple Therapy – A Last Resort?
Couple therapy shouldn’t be a last resort but a chance to change negatives into positives, says psychologist Esslin Terrighena. If you...
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E-Therapy: A New Generation of Counselling
Buy colorful paper, write a few lines, slide it into an envelope, carefully check recipient address, post envelope in mailbox, and wait a...
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The Modern Man – a Soppy Bundle of Emotions
It’s ok to cry, and not to cry, says psychologist Esslin Terrighena. We are increasingly nudging men to show more emotion, to talk about...
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Is Bonus Season Killing You?
Bonus time really cranks up the competition between high-flying male counterparts, but who gets left behind in this pissing contest?...
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TAKING THINGS TO ANOTHER REALM
Too many of my male friends, meditation sounds like airy-fairy alternative nonsense. Thus, they are either completely absorbed in it,...
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Understanding Anxiety
Educated in England (B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology) and Hong Kong (Ph.D. Affective Neuropsychology), Dr. Terrighena employs an integrative...
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5 Reasons you should be a Mindful Leader
Mindfulness can make you a stronger, more emotionally intelligent leader. Here’s how ‘People think they have to go off and meditate for...
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Why we Love big Breasts
When it comes to breasts are you the guy who fancies a voluptuous, curvy rack, or are you more than satisfied with a handful? Your answer...
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Make Love not Money
Our pursuit of money just might be making us addicts to the rush. The successful man in Asia is always busy making more money to maintain...
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The Value of Investing in Mental Health
We often assume that mental well-being simply means being happy, while mental stress means being sad. However, the range of mental health...
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Mindfulness in the Moment
Mindfulness has become a trendy buzzword, bringing with it promises of a calm, clear mind and balanced emotional well-being. But what is...
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Active Listening – Making Others Feel Heard
She always interrupts me.” – “He never listens.” One of the most common complaints in relationship conflict is not feeling heard. Whether...
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Assertive Communication: Making Yourself Heard
Last month, we explored active listening as a way of making our conversation partners feel heard. This month, let us focus on making...
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Cortisol and the Immune System: How Work-Stress can affect our Down-Time
Have you ever embarked on that long-awaited holiday trip after busy times at work, only to find yourself in bed with a full-blown flu?...
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Impact of concurrent cognitive processing on cold pain perception: Implications for pain management
The similarities between self-experienced and vicarious pain have led research to suggest that both experiences may be facilitated by...
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The Neuroimaging of Vicarious Pain
The similarities between self-experienced and vicarious pain have led research to suggest that both experiences may be facilitated by...
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Effects of vicarious pain on self-pain perception: investigating the role of awareness.
The observation of pain in others may enhance or reduce self-pain, yet the boundary conditions and factors that determine the direction...
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Relationships between visual awareness and approach-withdrawal behaviours
This thesis examined the effects of higher cognitive mechanisms on the automatic and elaborate elicitation of motivational behaviours by...
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